The county corporate covered an area of around 20 square miles (52 km2) and contained the city of Coventry and the surrounding villages of Ansty, Asthill, Biggin, Binley, Caludon, Exhall, Foleshill, Harnell, Henley, Horwell, Keresley, Pinley, Radford, Stoke, Styvechale, Walsgrave, Wood End, Whitley, Whoberley, and Wyken.
King Henry VI granted Coventry the status of county corporate, largely to reward the city for the support it had given him.
[1] This county corporate status enabled Coventry to control its own assize and gaol, and the city's bailiffs became sheriffs – officers to the king.
As well as merging Coventry with the rest of Warwickshire, the legislation resolved the Doubts which now prevail respecting the Boundary of the said City, by firmly setting the municipal limits.
Apart from Ansty and Exhall, all of the places which formed part of the county corporate are now within the city boundaries.